Theme: Dance

The White Ballets

By Book Importer | Published: November 7, 2011

The term Ballet Blancs, or white ballets refers to the identical white costumes worn by the dancers in the corps de ballet.  There are several white ballets, but the most significant among them are Swan Lake, Giselle, and La bayadere.  Lucky indeed, is the yong dancer who performs in some of them during her career.
Rajka [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Dancing Turtle: A Folktale From Brazil

By Book Importer | Published: July 5, 2011

After being caught by a hunter, a clever turtle uses her wits and her talent playing the flute to trick the hunter’s children into helping her escape.

Descriptors: Americas, Brazil, Early Years (ages 2-6), Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Meet Arzeen: Citizen of the World

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

On a daily adventure around the world. We will travel continent to continent exploring countries and learning about the people that make each country so interesting.

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

In a poor village in northern China, a small boy named Li Cunxin was given the chance of a lifetime. Selected by Chairman Mao’s officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li’s new life began as he left his family behind.
At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li’s hard [...]

Descriptors: Biography, China, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Josephine Wants To Dance

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The popular wombat’s friendFrom the award-winning duo behind the bestselling Diary of a Wombat (the famous wombat even makes an appearance at the ballet complete with a tutu!), Josephine Wants to Dance encourages all readers to never give up and to always dance to their own music. Josephine loves to dance. She dreams of wearing [...]

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Darkness Slipped In

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Daisy isn’t afraid of Darkness when he quietly slips in through her bedroom window one evening. Together, Daisy and Darkness dance and play until bedtime. This enchanting story personifies Darkness as a friendly and welcome visitor.  The rhyming text will help allay a childhood fear of the dark.

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Sophie’s Dance

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Whenever Sophie’s parents go out, Sophie gets to visit her grandmother. But tonight her parents are going to the big dance that only happens once a year, and Sophie desperately wants to go. Grandma explains that children are too young to stay out so late, and grandmothers are too old. What is Sophie to do? [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Germany, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Keeper

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

An enthralling story of a poor and gawky kid who mysteriously becomes the world’s greatest goalkeeper — a seamless blend of magic realism and exhilarating soccer action.”And you found it, this thing you were looking for?”It was darker now, and the city below Faustino’s office was a jazzy dance of neon signs and traffic. The [...]

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Beto and the Bone Dance

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A fantastic encounter on the Day of the Dead. Today is Beto’s favorite holiday — the Day of the Dead. First, he and his father craft an altar at home in honor of Beto’s recently departed grandmother, filled with the things she loved in life. Later, it’s off to the cemetery, where at midnight all [...]

Descriptors: Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

A High Wind in Jamaica (New York Review Books Classics)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Richard Hughes’s celebrated short novel is a masterpiece of concentrated narrative. Its dreamlike action begins among the decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of late nineteenth-century Jamaica, before moving out onto the high seas, as Hughes tells the story of a group of children thrown upon the mercy of a crew of down-at-the-heel pirates. [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Fantasy, Jamaica, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment